TONGA.

is another Pacific island I visited in 2019,so this time it was easy to plan a  taxi tour. A lady driver  asked for  $ 200, I offered $ 100, deal done.

We stopped at the Royal Palace,

then the blow - holes that were not blowing and fly- foxes that were not flying.

Captain Cooks landing bay was another photo opportunity, so was the

Some more photos from Samoa.

The hotel has the loveliest of boutiques, my sister bought a visor, I bought a rather lovely straw hat that makes me look like a yokel. I also picked up a pair of   hoop ear - rings I can't wait to wear.

If you look closely in a distance you can see a red chimney -  it is the Queen Anne.

SAMOA

was a home of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson the last 4 years of his life.

It is now preserved as a money spinning museum, the only tourist attraction  on the island worthy of a visit.

I was on Samoa in 2019 when sailing around the world on Queen Victoria. It was a joy. The street had holes covered with a carpet. A carpet. The taxi driver who followed me as I walked to town was persistened and hiring him to take me to the museum  was the best decision I made that day.Informative, amusing, I invited

him for a fruit juice at the Aggie Grey hotel, now a part of Sheraton chain.

This time the taxi driver was not quite up to scratch, talking to him was a torture,but the moctails my sister and I enjoyed at the hotel were the best, the best I had in my entire life.

 

The fire-place is the only original part of the house, the rest had been re-created from the photographs. There are some original manuscripts, The much loved Treasure Island is one of them.

SAMOA

was a home of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson the last 4 years of his life.

It is now preserved as a money spinning museum, the only tourist attraction  on the island worthy of a visit.

I was on Samoa in 2019 when sailing around the world on Queen Victoria. It was a joy. The street had holes covered with a carpet. A carpet. The taxi driver who followed me as I walked to town was persistened and hiring him to take me to the museum  was the best decision I made that day.Informative, amusing, I invited

him for a fruit juice at the Aggie Grey hotel, now a part of Sheraton chain.

This time the taxi driver was not quite up to scratch, talking to him was a torture,but the moctails my sister and I enjoyed at the hotel were the best, the best I had in my entire life.

 

Another day, another coctail party.

Cameo Rascale

We were not allowed to take photos of these acrobats and jugglers, but I must pay them homage, they were simply wonderful. Aussies from Perth. Lovely sense of humour. Loved them.

ALCATRAZ

The very blue photo has been embellished by Google, the rest are all mine.

Frank Lee Morris and the Anglin brothers escaped in June 1962, his whereabouts are not known to the present day.

Clint Eastwood portrayed him in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz.

ALCATRAZ

The very blue photo has been embellished by Google, the rest are all mine.